March’s definitely going to be the wildest, fastest and most exciting month of our career. We’re two weeks away from playing SXSW 2012 and to be honest with you I don’t really know how all this happened but I’m loving it (with the stomach twirls and all).

Right after our return to Costa Rica, we’re gonna be playing the Imperial Festival on March 24th along artists like Björk, Zópilot, Moby, TV on the Radio, Colornoise, 424, Gogol Bordello, Sonámbulo, Ximena Sariñana, Cage the Elephant, Manchester Orchestra and The Flaming Lips! (among many others). This one means a lot to us, cause it’s a home show, the biggest home show we’ve ever played and we’re grateful to be part of this experience. It’s gonna be a great party indeed.

Today I got the opportunity of speaking with Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips over the phone. Don’t think of anything fancy, I work for a music magazine and it was my job to interview him on the festival. By the end of our chat I told him what it meant to us (TGW) to be able to play in an event that includes The Lips and how much we admire them as artists. Turns out Wayne Coyne is a great human being and he told me about the times when they got to be around musicians they admired (Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, Black Flag) and what it meant to them:

“Sometimes I think when bands get to be around us I think it just gives them a great sense of belonging you know, if the Flaming Lips can do this and they’re from Oklahoma then we can do this. It takes a sense that we’re all in this together. And I believe that.”

And he’s right about that. And that’s something kids should know.

I guess what moves us the most of all this is being able to share our music with so many people that probably don’t know we exist, be able to grow as a band and expand this community of listeners that has lifted us up to where we’re standing. So thank you for lifting us up and keeping us going. Cheers for spreading the word.